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Hydrocarbons in meteorite impact structures: Oil reserves in the ames feature

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In the quest to meet the world’s growing energy needs, an understanding of the role of hydrocarbons in meteorite impact structures may become increasingly important. This can only happen with a clearer understanding of impact structures in general and the conditions necessary to form petroleum systems within them. Identifying impact structures that meet these conditions is difficult, but the results of such efforts hold the possibility of significant economic returns.

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  1. Energy and Geoscience Institute, University of Utah, 423 Wakara Way, Suite 203, 84108-1210, Salt Lake City, Utah

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David K. Curtiss earned his master of earth resources management at the University of South Carolina in 1995. He is currently research coordinator and a scientist at the Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah.

David A. Wavrek earned his Ph.D. in organic geosciences from the University of Tulsa in 1992. He is currently a research associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Utah and vice president of Humble Geochemical Services.

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Curtiss, D.K., Wavrek, D.A. Hydrocarbons in meteorite impact structures: Oil reserves in the ames feature. JOM 50, 35–37 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-998-0304-8

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